Arguing that local investments could be at risk, the Maritime Chamber requested the exclusion of the maritime sector from the trade agreement that Panama negotiates with the Asiatic giant.
In a note addressed to the Chief Negotiator of Panama, the trade guild of the sector requested not to include the maritime sector, and especially the auxiliary maritime industry, in the negotiations of the FTA between Panama and China.
Freight movement in Panama totaled 54.8 million metric tons in the first eight months of the year, 5% less than that reported in the same period in 2017.
The most recent figures of the General Comptroller detail that only last August reported a year-on-year fall of 13% in the freight movement, falling from 7.8 million metric tons in the eighth month of 2017 to 6.8 million metric tons in the same period of 2018.
Air France announced that from October 29th, it will increase the number of weekly flights between the capital of France and Panama City from 6 to 7.
The European airline representatives informed that from next November 26th the flight will be operated in a Boeing 787 Dreamliner with 276 passenger capacities.
Air France's daily flight between Panama City and Paris-Charles de Gaulle will complement KLM's daily flight to Amsterdam-Schiphol on the Boeing 777. In other words, from October 29, the Air France-KLM Group will offer 14 weekly flights (7 to Paris and 7 to Amsterdam) to Panama.
The Government of Guatemala announced that it expects to invest next year in Line 7 of the Transmetro system, which will have a total fleet of 35 buses and 32 stations.
The Direction of Urban Mobility of the Guatemalan Government presented a $28 million estimate for the project to implement the Transmetro route that will cover from the Mariano Galvez University in zone 2 to the University of San Carlos in zone 12, which will cross the Peripherical.
The agreement between the Salvadoran and Canadian governments is intended to promote new airline routes from both countries.
The agreement to ease trade and tourism between the two nations was signed in Canada's capital by Canadian minister Marc Garneau and El Salvador's ambassador in Canada, Tania Molina Avalos.
American Airlines plans to begin operating flights from the Honduran cities of San Pedro Sula and Tegucigalpa to Dallas in the United States in June 2019.
The airline has announced that next year it will begin operating four flights a week between the Dallas International Airport, Fort Worth and San Pedro Sula, and from the same U.S. air terminal in Tegucigalpa, three times a week.
Increased cargo traffic, improving the availability of water for the passage of ships and construction of the rolling cargo port, are some of the challenges the authorities of the interoceanic route face for the coming years.
Representatives from the Panama Canal Authority reported that the levels of traffic currently being reported have already reached the figures expected to be reached in 2020.
Charges, taxes, high fuel prices and other costs at airport terminals can represent close to 30% of the value of air tickets in countries in the region.
Airlines that operate in the Latin American region face an uncompetitive market, since in 2018 these companies are projected to earn $2.95 per passenger, a figure much lower than the $15.67 estimated in North America or $7.58 in Europe, according to representatives of the International Air Transport Association (IATA).
Air Europa reported that from February 26, 2019, it will be running five weekly flights between the Central American country and the capital of Spain.
In a statement the Tourism Authority of Panama reported that the European airline will carry out flights next year using Boeing 787 Dreamliner and Boeing 787 aircraft, from the capital of Spain, where the company has connections with almost all European countries.
The region has 20 international airports, of which 11 are located in Panama and Costa Rica, and the remaining nine are located in Guatemala, El Salvador, Honduras and Nicaragua.
According to the report "Transportation in Central America: importance in the regional economy", prepared by the Secretariat for Central American Economic Integration, Panama is the country in the region that has the broadest airport infrastructure, since it has seven international airports, followed by Costa Rica and Honduras with four air terminals each, El Salvador and Guatemala with two each, and finally Nicaragua with an international terminal.
The airlines Emirates Airlines and Jetblue Airways were approved to operate flights under a codeshare agreement between both cities, with connections in the United States.
From a statement issued by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Costa Rica:
The union of Nicaraguan businessmen has stated that starting from September, Copa Airlines will stop operating frequencies to Managua from San Jose, Costa Rica and Panama City.
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